1897.] G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 287 



Racemes 2 or 3 inches long : — 



Flowers -15 in. long, 6-merous, stamens 30; 

 leaves with 6 or 7 pairs of nerves, their apices 

 much tapered 



Flowers 25 in. long, 5-merous ; stamens 40 or 

 50 ; leaves with 7-10 pairs of nerves, their apices 

 slightly and obtusely acuminate 

 Ovary villous or hirsute : — 



Racemes much longer than the petioles (from *75- 



15 in. long) : — 

 Leaves glabrous on the lower surface 

 Leaves rugulose, the lower surface glabrous 

 except for a few scattered adpressed hairs 

 Leaves with short adpressed hairs on the lower 

 Burface, not glabrous or rugulose ... ... 



Racemes very little longer than the petioles : — 

 Lower surfaces of leaves with short adpressed 

 hairs; bases of leaves cuneate, their apices 

 caudate-acuminate 



6. P. acuminatum. 



7. P.polystachyum. 



8. P. Scortechinii. 



9. 



10. 



10. 



P. per simile. 

 P. parviflorum. 



P. parviflorum. 

 VAR. densa. 



11. P. ovalifolium. 



... 12. 

 ... 13. 

 ... 14. 



A tree; y 

 very coriaceous, 



P. Hookerianum 

 P. brevifolium. 

 P. Griffithii. 



ung branches 

 broadly 



Lower surfaces of leaves minutely pubescent 

 with adpressed bristles intermixed with the 

 hairs ; bases of leaves rounded, their apices 

 obtuse and emarginate ... 



Lower surfaces Of leaves minutely rusty-pubes- 

 cent, the hairs partly deciduous ; leaves with 

 rounded bases and acuminate apices 

 Leaves glabrous on the under surface 

 Edges of leaves sinuate-dentate 



1. Pygeum stipolaceum, King n. sp. 

 stout, densely rusty-tomenfcose. Leaves 

 elliptic, acute, the base broad and slightly cordate, the edges revolute ; 

 upper surface glabrous, the nerves and midrib deeply depressed, the 

 latter pubescent ; lower surface rusty-pubescent especially on the 

 midrib, main and transverse nerves ; main-nerves 10-12 pairs, spread- 

 ing, curving upwards ; length 5-7 in., breadth 2'5-375 in., petiole *5 

 in., very stout and densely rusty- torn entose ; stipules persistent, broadly 

 ovate, or caudate, acute, boldly ribbed, puberulous, persistent. Racemes 

 in fascicles from the branches below the leaves, 1*25-2 in. long, rusty- 

 tomentose ; bracts broadly elliptic, concave, tomentose outside, glabrous 

 inside. Flowers "15 in. long, on pedicels about as long as themselves. 

 Calyx-tube campanulate, with 10 short obtuse teeth, tomentose outside. 

 Petals 0. Stamens about 15, exserted, glabrous. Pistil longer than the 

 stamens ; ovary villous ; style stout, erect, subglabrous ; stigma capitate, 

 discoid. Fruit unknown. 



Perak : Scortechini 11020. 



